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CONFEDERATE BOOM,
JefT. Davis' Attorney General Proposed for


Jeil' Davis' Attorney General Proposed for
.9ss n Place on tho Ticker. .i,2 4. T.
MoNraoMEnY, ALA, Oct 2-When
President Cleveland reachcs this city,
which is the last point be touches preyi-
GUS to his return to Washington, he will
fad Presidential ticket gtesling him
which may cause him some unraainess.
Last week in exuberauce over Clsveland's
coming the Opsiika Democrat declared for
Cleveland for the Presidency with tail
piece out Of the old Confsderacy. "Giye
ns," it Rays, "Grover Olsveland, OF New.
York, and Thomas Il. Watts, ot Aluba-
ma" Watts is Jefferson Davis old At
torney General, and is familgrly known
90 "rho War Governor of Alabama"
The suggestion has been takon up with
enthusiasm, and among tho cheers which
will greet the President on reaching Ala
bsma will be cries OF "Cloveland and
Watts" ,l.5 pa ri S'.'sS,
Mr. Watts has maintained the clogcet
personal relationa with JEFF. Davis, and
will form part Of his escort when h6 visits
Macon. Thus the Confederate heart will
be warmsd toward tho ex-governor in
such manner as it 10 hoped will win for
him not only the delegation from Ala.
bama but from Georgia Rleo. X. 4
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5FO,R1TY:INJURED3 4
EA cAnLE ROAD DISASTER
la cinelnnati..Ae Runaway Oar, Crowded
with Passengers, Crashes Into An.
o.her..A General Wreck Ensues.
ovor Forty Badly Itjured. II

CINCINNATI, Oct. 2.-At z o'clock this
oyon!ng a a.rand came looae In tho cable
Of the Walnut Hilln Cable Road and
wrapped around tho grip Of a car coming
west on Sixth s!reet. The car was iull OF
passengers, and on It wen. like wild,
overtaking another car near Sixth
and Main asroets lull Of people.
This car 1t pushed along. Brake, wero
applied and the wheelu werc locked dead
on both cara. They struck a couple Of
horse cara going east on Filth ncar syca.
more street. Tho latter street is ditched
deeply whero Filth crossea It, and at this
crossing, the horse cala, horsee, passenSo,s
and all were piled in tho ditch. Thirty
or forty people. were badly injured. OF
the injured Lewis Kohlin is probsbly ia.
tally hurt No othors suffered danger.
nrfa1V r.o
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T. A.sAnA1sTRoNa DEAD.
The Distinguished Labor Ohampt passe
. -. NJ Away nt PLttsbuxgh. NV ..... "

PlrrsnuRaH, Pa, Oct. o.-Thomas a
Armstrong 10 dead. Tbe veteran edltol
and champion Of labor passed peace
fully away at his home on Lscock street
Allegheny, shortly aiter7 o'clock lasl
evening. For some weeks he had no,
peen ieellpg well and lhres weeks ago TO.
day no took to his bed. The day before
he bad taken part In the ceremonies at.
tendant upon the unveiling OF the soldiers
monument at Braddock, and had marched
with his legion over the ontire long line
OF march. II ''5i2s@ 'iIIiI31' M II
The physlcians who were lrst called
said that his illness was cauned BY a zen.
eral breaking down Of hla physical system
from over work. For two weeks preyioust 10
bis sickness be had nnByored number OF
calls to address labor organizations, and
In one instant spoke for two hours. Thia
addition to the strain caused by his edl.
toslal duties II was thought had broken
down his health. - X s.lll -
Thomas A. Armstrong waa born in steu.
banville, O., August 15, 1910, aud was,
therefore, just entering upon hia 4sth year,
Alter q common school education at Steu.
bonville, Mr.. Armstrong commenced learn.
ing the printing trade In the office OF the
Herald at the age OF 15. In the early part
OF 1857 he came to Pittsburgh, whore he
worked as compoeitor and atterward as as.
Bissant foreman on the old Chronicle. Here
ho remained until Aupust IL, 1862, when
ha enlisted In the Thirteenth Pennsyl-
vania Volunteers, serving throughout the
war with that regiment. At the battle Of
CEDAR Creek, whsre he was acting as
eonior Sergeant, every commissioned Off
Ger was killed or wounded and Mr.. Arm.
strong became company commander. He
received serious wounds in this
engagement, which resulted in his being
sent homo. As soon as he had sufficient
y recovered he was assigned to duty in
The Office Of the Provost Marshal, where he
stayed for six months, when he 1ejoined
bis regiment. w ~ ,g5 i,.l h.
At the cloge of the war Mr.. Armstrong
his trade, and shortly after com.
menced taking that interest in industrial
snd labor mattera that afterTard gave him
a. national fame. .JE ,Ni. ma
For twerty.six year5 he had been
member Of Typographical Union No. Z,
'Sice representing that body in the Inter
national Union, having been delegate to
both the International Convention held at
st. Louis and that at Richmond. He be.
,ame knight Of Labor in 1876, being q
member Of Local Assembly 1880, District
Assembly 8, of which body he was an ex-
ielegata. About ten years ago he BECAME
EDITOR Of the Labor, Tribune, which, under
1is conservative, yet fearless management,
aus become national labor organ and
,ne OF the moat influential labor papers in
.ha conntrv gEltUA- 49, /; 7s5 - w -
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( GARRETT COMING HOME.
a Brighter Financial Outlook for tho Bal
timore& Ohio Company, Ii,f= 5iel

timoro Il Ohio Company. 5i;4s
BALTIMORE, Oct. 2.-The statement was
made at the Baltimore & Ohio building yes.
to-day that cable dispatch had been re-
ceivod from President Robert Garrett or
dering his mail held and announcing that
he intended to sail Saturday from Liver
pool. The next meeting oil the Board of
Directors occurs on the 18th inst. The div
idend will be declared and q synopsis of the
annual report will be given. The formal
publication of the full report is not made
until the annual election of directors in
November. It is ssid here that the net
earnings for the fiscal year ending Friday
were OF least $7,5OO,0OO against S6,3 9,G05
for tho previous ear. With this the COM
pany would be able to pay its usual semi
annual dividend Of 4 per cent but 1t is
likely thst the dividend will be three per
cent. ~ &r= ~ El'f lEi.N- fEHgs5
The Hamblotons aay: sour information
points to an ear}y announcement OF tho
completion Of the details Of the arrange
ment which will relieve tho Baltimore 4
Ohio Company from all unfavorable sur
ronndings, and the publication Of state
ment which will convince the most skep.
tical Of the great value OF the Baltimore 4
Ohio property and its entire ability to
meet all obligations" u II a "A
The course Of Baltimore & Ohio stock
rather corrobora:e this. 1t had dropped
from 150 to 100 and threatened to 90 low
or, but assurances were given out that the
road was In good condition, and orders be.
gan to come in IRON New York and Lon.
don: Tho price now stands 1872 bid, with
email lots offering now at 1856. There are
orders hero from New York and London
to buy all that is offered at 1872 or under.
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Tue New York World regrets the pres.
ence of Federal oilics-holders at the Dem.
ocratic convention in that State, and 70.
minds tie President that it is time to show
whether he meant what he said when he
declared that sort OF thing to be Indecent
and unfair" Tho ssme thing has been
seen under President Cleveland in West
Virginia and aa aaussa@' in Maryland d.
The President has not done anything
about it. There is Guspiciou that he ex.
hausted himself on the subject when he
talked nobly about it. r.g,s +.
The rigging OF conventioas by Office
holders is bad under any party, and the
abandonment OF the practice is one Of the
features Of reform that should be pushed
to the end. The Republican party suffer.
ed from that complaint, and when it goes
into power again 1t should have the wis
dom to steer clear OF that rock.
When psrty puta into Office certain
OF its members it doeo not thereby abdi-
cate in their favor all right to govern it's
own Gaaire. ,.4,l..5,Z l5,i
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A#Y0UNG# FIRE F[IjE!:,N,D) IND
BURNS coLLEoE BUILDINGS
necnuso He natcs Schools In General. Cooily
"a lConfessesto tho Crimo-A Sixteen Year
Old Candidate for tho daitows.
wv 0thor Crimes and Casunitiss,

VAssALsoRo, ME,, Oct. 2.-During til,
night Of August 81, after all the 800 ir
mates had retired. Oak Grove Seminary
the largo college belonging to the Main,
Society Of Friends, was discovered on fire
The flames were pouring from all tn,
lower windows whom a hslf.sufIocstet
domestic gave the alarm, and the inmatel
escaped only In their night.clothes. Ste
phen Jones. the ai1teen.year.old aon O
the President, was overcome and perlshet
in his room. There being no fire appa
ratun In tho town tho main building wat
burned to the ground, causing a loas O.
a50, 900. The frs was evidently incsudi
sry and reward Of one thousaiid dollara
offered Tor the. arrcet Of the culprlt
The trustees decided to rebuild and
the acholara were temporarily transferred
to the old house which formerly had
been the school. On the night OF septem.
Der Is this wss burned under similar cir.
cumatances, the scholars again making
narrow escapes. The reward was doubled
and a omall army oil desecliyeB went to
work on tho case. Suspicion at once fell
on George A. Harrington, q s!xteen.year
old lad who lived in Stockton. as he was
the only one who escapod both the hres
without any loss. He left the building
on both occasions dressed, and had, as It
was found, saved oven his trunk. He Ia
the only aon Of a deceased Gea captain,
who left him a small fortune. He waa All.
ways self-wllled, suIky youth, and had
often been heard to make threats against
the school house he was compelled to at
tend when he wantod to remain idle at
home. A watch was placed upon him
when he suddenly disappeared. He wss
traced to Boston, Mass, and captured, ar
riying here thia afternoon. He was at
once taken before Judge Charles W. ] Jones
and examined, when he broke down and
confeHscd. ~ n ,5i5lSS & ~ ;:85.l ,Sf,e, IN
Ha had been sent to college against his
wishes, when he wanted to 20 to sea. He
told his mother he wouldnot stay, and che
whipped him to compel him to 20. In 1e-
venge he determined he would not remain,
90 determined to burn the building. When
he went to bed on the night OF the frat
fire he did not take of his clothes, and
after all were asleep let his trunk down
from window. He then won't down ssaira
and got a coal.oil lamp, tho contents OF
which he poured all over tho back stairs
and touched it of with match. He did
the same with the second building, and
got away unsupported. He is not at all
sorry for his deed, but would do it ssain il
It stood in his way at all. He said he
told hia mother that he would have his
way in the end, and 1t WAS her fault. The
scamp has besn held on three important
indictments. lE7-ll 7fT1I'- :
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AT ST. LOUIS.
How The Presidvns ard Ills WiEs Spent
tNy sEW k,g Sunday. ~

How the President ard Ills WlTe snent
tNI aHw hig Sunday. ~
ST.. LOUIS, Oct. 2.-At Vandevcnter
Place. before the mansion of Mayor Fran.
els, whore the President and Mrs. Clsve-
land are quietly resting, a crowd collected
early this morning to catch . tirnt glimpse
OF the city's guests. Shortly after
ten o'clock Mr.. Cleveland and bis
wife, accompanied by Mayor Fran.
els and wife, appeared and were driven
to the Washington Avenue Presbyterian
church. In the street and near the church
many people had assembled, but way
was easily made through the crowd, and
as the party passed to the door OF the
church the spectators uncovered their
heads but made no other demonstration,
The auditorium Of the church was crowd.
ed, aud as the President passed down tao
aisle many OF the congregation arose. at
the close of tho services the President
was escorted from the church Immediately,
the congregation remaining in their seats
to allow easy egresa. The party were
driven to Mayor Franca' residence whero
they dined, and at three O'Clock they took
q drive to Mr.. Henry shaw's famous
botanical garden, returning early. Tho
evening was passed quietly at the Mayors
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Labor Men and tho President,

CHICAGO; Oct. 2.-The Trades and Labor
Assembly held meeting this afternoon.
The question Of participating in the parade
Of October s created considerable Discus
sion. Il was nnally decided that since
none OF tho organizations would be pres.
ent as such, the Trades Assembly could not
take any part except as individua!s.
Thomas Morgan csllod attention Of the
meeting to the fact that the President was
only going to SEQ the wealthy portion of
Chicago. He wanted the Trades Assem-.
bly, 10 invite President Cleveland to 20
along to Milwaukee, Blue island and
Archer avenues and zee how the working
people lived, and see the thousands OF
places where the poor people slept in base
menis and lived on what rich people called
garbage. After number of amend
menta, aubstitutes, points Of the order,
ETC., the meeting WAS suddenly adjourned
BY the President without any expression
on tho subject. M
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MINERS STRIKE
ln the Springfield DistriCt-Othsr Districts
rs, { to Follow-Goneral Move, E'


In the Springfield Dis,rict-Othsr Districts
5S115, 4 to Follow-General Move. si
a SPRINGFIELD, O., Oct. 2.-The miners in
tho Springfield district arc out on strike
for an advance In wages to .67! cents per
ton. Their wages have been about IS
cents per ton. Over 1900 men are now
out. The miners at Petersburg have also
struck. No reports are received from
Barclay and Dsson, but the miners say
the men in these towns will follow the
lead OF those at Riverton, who are out,
Two organizers hays gone to the southern
part Of the State to bring on strike there
II tho Columbus scale Is not granted, and
they expect to make the stoppage OF work
general. The miners claim thatthe wegee
do not afford them support for themsely YES
and families, and the operators arc selling
coal to the railroads and other large con.
eumels at ruinous prices, and !. cutting
up the losses, Is ~
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. FIVE LIVES LOST.
Throe Mon md Two Boys sut,ocated in =,
a-g 80 ~ Coal NItpe. g-TgI ~. "

Three Men and Two Boys sunocated in a
Coal OItno. IA I. d.
ASHLAND, Pa. October 2.-Three men
and two boys were su1ocated and thirteen
others overcome with gas yesterday after
noon in the Bost colliery. Those killed
were F.Gou:rich, aged fosty.fve; John
Cochran, aged thirty-thres; John Nc.
Donald, aged twenty; John Gulliam, aged
seventeen, and Park Tully, aged fourteen.
It Ia feared TINT come Of the thirteen 9th.
era who were overcome by the gas will
die. A pillar in one Of tho gangways fell,
bringing in with it a large amount Of gas,
which nutfocsted the workmsn and rem.
dered escape impossible to those in that
gangway. Other men in the neighbo..
hood heard the rush and escaped. 8 The
damsge to the collieyy cannot be estima.
ted. Tho mine belongs to tho Philadel.
phia 1: Reading Railroad Company. .G'I7s 7sij
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WHEN Mr.. Blaine made his great cam

WnEg Mr. Blaine made his great cam.
paign tour he stopped everywhere, and
in that remarkable series Of shorthpeeches
he showed himself equipped at every
point with enough data to give a local
pungency to his remarks. Mr.. Cleveland
is initiating this method; but sincere IS
tho commendstion OF Mr.. Blaine'a method
Is, Mr.. Cleveland lack s.he art OF the mag
ter. The President shows that he has
crsmmsd for the occasion, aud be Is Left
handed about saying his lesson. The
charm OF M. Blsine's local touches was
in his way OF laying them on. He drew
we'll and ho mixed his colors with brains.
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WeAther NrQn Hullafiu,

W'pAssulsaroN, Oct. 2.--The following is
the weather crop bulletin issued BY the
|slgnal Office for theweek ending October / !:
Temperature-During the week ended
Ocscbsr the weather has been cooler
than usual in all agricultural districts east
OF the Rocky Mountains, average temusr-
atute ranging from 80 to c. below normal.
n central valleys, except from Virginia to
t!oflda, where the tsmp mperature was but
slightly below the normal. , The tempera.
ture ior the season from January | to Oc.
tober i was slightly below normal on the
Atlantic coast, and from New England TO
the Missouri valley was slightly warmer
than usual, Ohio and Central Nlississipni
valleys, and generally throughout tie
southern States, the average daily excesa
Or deficiency amounting to less than two
degrees. I. - q 4.
Rainfall-Tho rainfall for the week has .
been in excees throughout tho greater
portions OF the cotton and tobacco region
and over the winter wheat regions from
Ohio westward to Missouri and Iowa. 1
Ihe largo deficiency in rainfall for the
season continues in the Ohio Valley, but
this deficiency has been reduced during
the Week in tho wheat and corn regions OF
the Northern States. In tho tobacco re-.
glons OF Virginia and Tennessee the def
cheney in rainfall for the season generally
amounta to less than S inchos, excsps In +
the extreme western portions OF Tenues. z
sec and Kentucky, where tho deficiency
IN rainfall Tor the season exceeds 10 inch- I,
es. The only States reporting an excess
CT rainfall for the SEASON arc Pennayl.
vanta, Maine, Southern New, York, tho
western portions Of Kansas and. Nebras-
ke, Northern Texas, and Eastern Colo. z
Froats Occurred in the TOBACCO region Of 4
the northern Ohio Valley and along tho
Atlantic coast, as far south, as Virpinia, 4
which probably resultsd in injury to the
crops.< These fEosss were anticipated. s.
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A WHEELING MAN ABROAD.
Impressions OF Il. r. Dshreas at his BoJ
hoods Homo In SchleSwir IL H. Iff

Impressions Of II. +. Behrens at his BOZ.
hoods Homo In schleswir, h n
The following extracts are made from
a private letter not intended for publics.
ton from Mr.. H. F. Bshrons, now visiting
his Fatherlsnd: ,;} .l!T,.f Il Z 4,
DAMMHALL, via Getting, Sept. 13.
DEAR Sir AND FRIEND:-I au now at
the old homestead In the province Of
schleswig, and am sitting at my lsta faith
er's line writing deak In the same room in
which I was born, and the light now get
on this sheet Of paper streams through the
samo window and perhapn the same glass
through which came the frat light or the
light OF the first day that ever dswnei on
me, ,'and feel somewhat as If had never
been eway from the homestead, and al.
though left 1t twenty.aeven years avo vet
everything here appears familiar, / still
can talk exactly as do the people hero and
recollect all the little incidents Of my
childhood, the namea of our old.time
neighbour, and the names OF the horses
and dogs We owned when was a fair.
haired boy. This part of tho world is
hard TO beat. Some farmers have dwell.
tnRa Like royal c1atles, and the narrow
gauge road which runs to this placs ia a
model road. Yet in this village Of 500
people they hayo first and second class
waiting rooms, which distinction l do not
like. There is this marked difference be-.
tween Germany and the United S.ates-in
Germany every one thinks himself less
than somebody else, and in the United
States every one considers himself ss good
as anybody else. People here are inclined Ia
apoloRizs Tor their attire, furniture, EATING.
etc, whca no apology is necessary. A rel
ative who was entertaining US said: "We
cannot give you as good wine as von are
used to" So when I told him [ poneraliv
took beer, he looked childlike, and eyary
Germans face looks bland when you talk
prohibition It ia simply impossible 10
explain prohibition in Germany. :
The laws in Germany are strictly en-
torced-the standing army now amounts
to 403. 900 men. This is hard on the pso.
pie. Germany nov stands high aa q ns-
tlon. Her citizens are protected, her in.
dussries and foreign commerce are i'm.
proving every year, and 1t is, no wondor
England, France and Rueaia are iealous
OF Germany, and while she is the leading
power no government could be- run more
economically. Now, don't think I am
disloyal to America. For in spite Of ali
the German glory, thank my stars for
leading me to America. am true
American, and heretofore I had no idea
Of how much loved my adopted country.
It ia nice to travel in foreign landa, par
tiou!arly nice to travel in Germany, but
to work or do business thcre is no country
Like our OVID, and If every one in America
realizsd their advantages they would feel
greatly blessed. Wages here are quite
different from what they arc in Wheeling.
out tho purchasing power Of tho email
coin ia great. ~ t,,t:"-, 'At
We are all well and expect to 5aiI from n
Antwerp for home October Is, and expect
10 shake hands with you and other Wheel.
ing friends about the first Of Noyember
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WuERLlNa Is going to return Pitts.
burgh's compliment, and though she can't
give back man for man, shs feels 80 we'll
disposed that Bhe will take along as many
IS can mako 1t convenient to go. 1t will
be worth while to be there. The boys who
went TO st. Louis will be full Of the trip
sad willing to tell al about 1t. There will
be parade worth seeing and taking part
in. The fare is 50 low on both roads that
it will moi stand In anybod's way.
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=. -tg ~
,a4Goue to Afrlcn.

New YoRK, Oct. The Iuman limo
steamer City OF Richmond carried among
her passengera to-day a party OF twenty.
ei1 missionaries, artisans, mochanicat ond
farmers bound to Join Bishop Taylor'a
colony in Central Africa. They cary
with them agricultural implemsnts, house.
hold utsnaila, a sawmill and everything
necessary to maintain a comfortable OK.
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Panic In n Thsntrn

4 CINCINNATI, Oct. 2.--Lsat night as Un
Gle Toms Cabin was being played in Rob.
inson's Opera House TO crowded house,
o steam street roller. in passing the thea
tre, blew its whistle. Inntantly man in the
balcony yelled fire, and the audieuce
spreng up and rushed for the doors.
Three cool-headed policemen happened
to be In tho theatre and through their Of
forts the panic WIS stopped. No one was
hurt .s,#i sl' - Iar5ll'r Il -
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t WINNIPEG, MAN, Oct. I. 1t is now be.
loved that tho Red River Railroad project
Will fail for want Of funds. A dispatch
wau received here from Kingston, Ont,
atating that the only locomatiye so fnr
bnilt for the new limo has been sold to a
New brunswick railroad company because
tho Manitoba government were unable to
pay for 1t, and the contrdctors declined to
shoulder the responsibility. ,,f4g4f5. q
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Two IuceudIurio. Arres. ,l

KENT. O., Oct. IA fre broke out in
Seeds livery stable yesterday morning
and quickly spread to Marsh's harness
shop, thence to Kelso Bsos.' coal and
feed depot and the La;,tYyl block, the
beat building IN town, sll oi which were
conaumed. Loaa, s25. 900; insurance only
$1,000. The fire is supposed to have
been Of incendiary origin and two sus-
poets have been aIrested, -.
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Uerr Most Not Yet Arrested,

New YonK, October 23-It was rumored
yesterday that Herr john Most had been
arrested by Chicago detectives for writing
inhammltoyy prcclsmstions With relation
to the coniemMins OF the Chicago An
archists to tho galloEe. which were freely
cisculstad in that city. Investigation
proved tact tho rnmof was without tonn-
dation. Herr. Moss wan found at the Of.
flee Of tho i,Shei.. He declared that he
could not be ar,eesad or extradited for the
ofIancn cue, ggd. 1t 10 said that officers
from Chicago ara in th;s city looking up
evidence againut Most In conjunction with
the police Of this city. K .;}.s 51Sy 81